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Skilled worker visas: what the 2024 rule changes mean for hospitality

09 January 2024 by

The rise to the minimum salary for skilled worker visas will have far-reaching effects on hospitality’s labour shortage. Emma Lake reports

Business

Wake-up call: It’s time to check if all your staff have a right to work in the UK

26 September 2023 by

The Home Office is cracking down on illegal working – and focusing on hospitality – so ensure paperwork is up to date, says Corrine Bentham

Don’t underestimate the red tape behind applying for a skilled worker Business

Don’t underestimate the red tape behind applying for a skilled worker

13 September 2022 by

It will take time, money, organisation and a lot of paperwork to arrange for a sponsorship[...]

Government responds to petition saying ‘no plan’ to introduce hospitality visas News

Government responds to petition saying ‘no plan’ to introduce hospitality visas

06 September 2022 by

The Government has said it has “no plan” to introduce a hospitality worker visa scheme despite[...]

200,000 international workers have left hospitality, report reveals News

200,000 international workers have left hospitality, report reveals

17 August 2022 by

The UK hospitality industry has lost 200,000 international workers since 2019, according to a report from[...]

Calls to overhaul 'ridiculous' visa rules as hospitality struggles to recruit News

Calls to overhaul 'ridiculous' visa rules as hospitality struggles to recruit

27 July 2022 by

A restaurateur has said the visa system ‘beggar’s belief’ after her applications to sponsor hospitality roles[...]

Can't get the staff: the rules for hiring from overseas after Brexit Staffing

Can't get the staff: the rules for hiring from overseas after Brexit

18 December 2020

While recruitment might be the last thing on some operators’ minds, the new rules for EU immigration are set to dramatically change the way the industry hires.

Immigration expert urges businesses to register to employ overseas workers or face post-Brexit shortage News

Immigration expert urges businesses to register to employ overseas workers or face post-Brexit shortage

09 November 2020

An immigration expert has urged hospitality businesses to register to employ overseas workers or potentially face a post-Brexit shortage of workers.

Salary threshold for migrant workers to settle in the UK reduced News

Salary threshold for migrant workers to settle in the UK reduced

26 October 2020 by

The £35,800 minimum salary requirement for migrant workers to apply for settlement in the UK has[...]

Migration report recommending chefs be removed from shortage occupation list criticised News

Migration report recommending chefs be removed from shortage occupation list criticised

06 October 2020 by

A damning migration report has been criticised by operators and trade bodies who have said it[...]

Migration report recommends removing chefs from shortage occupation list News

Migration report recommends removing chefs from shortage occupation list

01 October 2020 by

The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC), a body which offers independent advice to the Home Office on[...]

Industry leaders urged to back quarantine lobbying News

Industry leaders urged to back quarantine lobbying

29 May 2020 by

The parent company of Travel Weekly and The Caterer has urged industry leaders to lobby the[...]

‘Hammer blow’ immigration bill to return to Commons today News

‘Hammer blow’ immigration bill to return to Commons today

18 May 2020

The government’s immigration bill, described as a potential ‘hammer blow’ to the hospitality industry, is to return to the House of Commons today.

UKHospitality spearheads launch of Hospitality and Tourism Action Group News

UKHospitality spearheads launch of Hospitality and Tourism Action Group

09 March 2020

Major trade associations from the hospitality and travel sector have joined forces to launch the Hospitality and Tourism Action Group to pressure the government to modify its new points-based immigration bill to avoid staff shortages.

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